Results show that caldera collapse attributed to a super eruption almost 40,000 years ago was smaller than what scientists expected. So what might have really happened?
Hazards & Disasters
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An Up Close Look at the Megaquakes That Cause Tsunamis
Researchers recreate changes in the seafloor during Japan's devastating 2011 tsunami.
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Report Calls for Revised Method to Chart Cost of Climate Change
Proposed changes could improve the calculation's scientific basis and transparency, according to the report.
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Using Archives of Past Floods to Estimate Future Flood Hazards
Cross Community Workshop on Past Flood Variability; Grenoble, France, 27–30 June 2016
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Tsunamis Leave a Telltale Chemical Trail
Researchers follow a trail of organic compounds in soil that reveals the 2011 Tohoku tsunami's path over the Japanese coastline, providing clues to how often tsunamis recur and where they travel.
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Identifying a Fire Ecology Research Agenda for Colombia
Fire Ecology Colloquium; Bogotá, Colombia, 23–24 June 2016
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Smoke Signals in the Amazon
Forest fires can occur naturally, but in the world's largest rain forest, fire can signal large-scale deforestation.
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Transforming Satellite Data into Weather Forecasts
A NASA project spans the gap between research and operations, introducing new composites of satellite imagery to weather forecasters to prepare for the next generation of satellites.
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Pinpointing the Trigger Behind Yellowstone's Last Supereruption
Geologists suggest that mixing of magma melt pockets could have caused the explosion a little more than 600,000 years ago.
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Wave Gliding in the Eye of the Storm
Scientists use a new remote-controlled robot to capture data from the middle of an open ocean typhoon.